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Show j VOLUME 64, NUMBER A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF SOUTHERN UTAH COUNTY 6 PAYSON, , J. Bracken Lee DistrictQFive M MenjTourney Opens Gov. in Payson Next Will Speak Tuesday,' UTAH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY SUBSCRIPTION 8, 1952 PRICE $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Payson Tops State in Polio Drive, Receive 82 cents per capita at Hardest-hi- t Utah community in Utahs record poliomyelitis year, the community of Payson, also led the state in its vigorous light against the dread disease. Last summers polio epdemic brought 23 cases to this community of 3998 inhabitants,- a rate of 575 cases per 100,000 population, believed to be an record for any community n the United States. . The reaction of Payson citizens was shown in the March of uimes campaign which just ended with collections in the town totalling $3263.33, or an average of 82 cents for every man, wo- man and child in the commun- Banquet in Payson Payson 3rd, 4th, and Genola Entered Governor J. Bracken Lee has been engaged by the Payson Republican committee to speak at a banquet to be held on Thursday, March 13 m the Payson Junior High school. Jack Loveless, party chairman,, announced that Gov. Lee has accepted the invitation to come to Payson to speak at the banquet. The banquet will be a benefit for the West ward building fund. Tickets will be sold by ward members to anyone who wishes to attend and all proceeds will go to the ward building fund. all-ti- ity. The March o Dunes drive was a concerted community with no less than 31 fundraising or service projects organized to contribute. The following are the contributions and the projects by which they were raised: Payson Chamber of Commerce kick off $75; Jaycee trap shoot for polio $81.34; Kiwanis Club contribution $50; Kiwanis Club sponsored basketball game $50.50; Saddlettes Riding Club contribution $20; Lions Chib boxing and wrestling matches i ef-fo- rt, BYU Alumni Banquet Set Feb. 21 The Brigham Young UniversWith nearly 100 percent parity Alumni Organizational banquet for Utah County, set for ticipation and cooperation of all n February 14, has been postponed clubs and organizations, the Polio drive topped all other to February 21, it was announccities in the State of Utah with a ed today. , In announcing the change, W. 82 cents per capita collection, a Glen Loveless, left, stake Mutual president and publicity chairman; Verl Sudweeks, center, general chairman, and Gene Hillman, stake M Men director; plan District Five M Men Tournament to be held in Payson, February and 16. The division Five M Men basketball tournament will open in the Payson High school gym next Tuesday, February 12 when Payson Fourth ward engages the Cultus Club entry from the San Juan stake 1 at oclock. The Fourth ward Bessie E. Gourley of Provo team is entering, the tourney as gave hn interesting illustrated second place team from Nebo lecture before members of the stake, Payson Third ward is the Cultus club, which met Wedneschampion, having defeated the day afternoon at the Legion hall. Fourth warders last Monday Pres. Nellie Stewart presided night in a playoff game. The and the speaker was introduced Third warders will play the by Sarah Vance. Music was proOrangeville ward team from the vided by a group of high school Emery stake at 8 p.m. girls, with Jean Olson as piano Genola ward defeated the Eu- accompanist. Mrs. Gourley displayed a numreka ward five Wednesday night to become the entry from the ber of her own water color stake. The Ge- paintings and discussed estabSantaquin-Tinti- c nola crew will play the Oak City lished rules of art. A specialist vard team from Deseret stake in flower .pictures, Mrs. Gourley at 6 p.m. explained composition, color, Following is the first days padding and anatomical drawschedule: ings among other things. She defined an artist as one Upper Bracket who is able to put into a picture the he likes best. She Spanish Fork First ward, Pal- statedthings that she believes that we stake myra should dare to do things that vs. are the ordinary, since it Kirtland ward, Young stake, New is inoutthisof manner that man has Mexico made advancements in every At 9:00 pun. field of living. She also stated that a picture is but another Oak City, Deseret stake window in the home and that vs. care should be chosen in selecGenola ward, Sanaquin-TirrtL- c tion of pictures for our houses. stake Work of local artists was disAt 6 p.m. played during the afternoon. Springville - Second ward, Ko-lo- b Provo Artist Speaks At stake vs. Price Fourth ward, Carbon stake At 4 p.m. San Juan stake entry vs. Payson Fourth ward, Nebo stake At 1 p.m. Lower Bracket Springville Ninth ward, stake Kolob vs. Millard Stake entry At 2 p.m. ' Mona ward, Juab stake . vs. Helper . ward, North Carbon stake At 7 p.m. Salem ward, Palmyra stake vs. San Luis stake entry At 3 p.m. Payson Third ward, Nebo stake vs. Orangeville ward, Emery stake At 8 p.m. Jayceeswi Hold Cleon Skousen, executive secretary of the Alumni Association said, It has just been learned that the Utah County rally for one of the national political parties is scheduled for February 14. In order to eliminate any conflict, the date for the BYU Alumni Banquet is being postponed to Thursday, February 21, at 7:30 p.m. in BYU social hall. At the banquet, President Ernest L. Wilkinson will present the new expansion program contemplated for BYU in the immediate future. The delegates invited to the event will include all stake presidents, bishops, BYU stake coordinators, and all BYU ward representatives from the thirteen stakes in the vicinity of Provo. Y President Speaker ns Memorial Services County Memorial Poultry Convention Held in Calif. Plaque Planned Jaycees to Organize Exhausted Roosters Ernest L. Wilkinson President Ernest L. Wilkinson of the Brigham Young University will be the principal speaker at the 29th annual convention of the Utah Poultry and Farmers Cooperative which will be held at the Hotel Utah, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 15 and 16. Dr. Wilkinson has an excellent background in both agriculture and governmental affairs and his talk is expected to prove unusually interesting and enlightening to the convention goers. Tesa Provstgaard Marlts Purpi Haart Medal e than 20,000 poultrymen and farmers are now associated with Utah Poultry in Utah and More Postponed Southern Idaho. The organization has branches in 26 towns and cities and representatives from every qne of these districts will be in attendance at the convention, according to P. Oliver Hansen of Spanish Fork, president, who will preside at the sessions. Clyde Edmonds, general manager, will give a complete report of 1951 activities. Reports also will be made by other department heads. One of the sessions will be directed by the Womens Auxiliary which is headed by Mrs. Edna Ohlwiler of Paradise. Important talks also will be made by Marion G. Romney and s Carl Frischnecht. Sunday 4 y, City-Coun- ty Ralph club "Dick president, Lions Chappie, wrestling and boxing matches. Those who were not present at time picture was taken and tocontributed substantially ward the success of the drive are: Jess Bachman, general comVeraer Larmittee sen, Keigley Quarry drive; Mrs. L. D. Stewart, Cultus club presiof porch light dent, parade; Lucille Spencer, stake coRelief Society president, sponsor of porch light parade; Roe Wilde, bakery owner, contributed 100 pound cake sold at dance; Gene Braithwaite, theatre manager, usher contributions at theatre; E. H. Peters, Kiwanis club president, basketball game and club contribution; Lee Dell Brown, Jaycee president, trap shoot; Barbara Daley, Jayshee president, assisted porch light parade; Rela Depew, president, porch light parade and club contribution; Gean Worthington, took above picture, Chamber --pf Commerce president, merchants drive and kickoff contribution. Sad-dlett- es Payson Republicans To Hold Mass "That these honored dead may Mitchell not have died in vain, so said-thGreat Emancipator in his Memorial services for Rex l, 39, who drowned Decem- immortal Gettysburg Address. ber 1, 1951, while hunting ducks Lest we forget those who gave in the San Pablo bay area near their all that America may reOakland, California, were con- main free and independent, the ducted Sunday, February 3 in Utah County Commission has the Oakland ward chapel, Church initiated a most worthy project, of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Present plans call for the Saints. of a memorial plapreparation Mr. Mitchel was caught in a all who gave their honoring que, hurricane like gale which up- lives in the Spanish American set the boat in which he was War, World War I, World War trying to reach a solid sportsmans blind. His body was II, and the Korean conflict. That His friends plan the names of these men and wonot recovered. to inscribe his name on a gran- men be permanently preserved ite rock near the place where in the City and County Building, is good news indeed to all resihe often hunted. The former Payson man was dents of Utah Valley. born here June 21, 1912, a son The task of securing the names of P. J. and Florence Argyle of all the gold star personel, toHe attended local gether with the names and adMitchel, schools and was a member of the dresses of the next of kin, is goLDS church. He moved to Caling forward under direction of ifornia about 20 years ago and Mrs. Karl Banks, of Pleasant was a veteran of World War II, Utah County Memorial Grove, having been a member of the Chairman, Commissioner and army. He married Marilyn Mor- Burton H. Adams. To date sevns of Pasadena, California, in eral communities and individuals May, 1949, at Reno, Nevada. sent this informa'Surviving besides his parents have toalready Mrs. Banks, in anticipaof Payson and h's widow, Oak- tion land California; are. three sis- tion of the progress report to be ters, Mrs. David (Clea) Fowler, published during the first week Salt Lake City; Mrs. E. L. in February. (Leora) Lythgoe, Glendale, Cal,; - The culmination of the project and Mrs. W. J. (Florence) Frit-ch- will be celebrated with a patriLos Angeles, California. otic meeting at which the next His parents and Mr. and-Mr- s. of kin will be honored guests. Fowler attended services in OakWith the passing of the years to TuesUtah land, returning the significance and value of day evening. will bethis accomplishment evident. It more and more come County-Cit- y Officials should be as full and complete as possible. No time, expense, to Plan Uest nor effort should be spared in making this Roll of Honor one County Health Dsjrt. A meeting of all mayors and of which we may all be proud. Greater Utah Valley, Inc. lends citys legal counsel is to toe held its loyal and sympathetic supin the County Commissioners Rooms, City and County Build- port to this worthy undertaking, ing, Provo at 10 a.m. on Monday, and solicits the cooperation of February 11th for the purpose all citizens toward its successof discussing ordinances to be ful completion. adopted for the new ealth Department of Utah Every human being is intendCounty. The representatives of ed to have a character of his each city are requested to bring own; to be what no other Is, and a copy of their health ordinances to do what no other can do. William Ellery Channing in effect at the present time. Mit-che- An attempt is being made to effect organization in Payson of old time members of the Junior Chamber ofCommerce known as the Exhausted Roosters. A committee appointed at the local Jaycee DSA banuet met and tentatively set Wednesday, February 20 as the day of the first meeting of the group. The meeting will be held at the Turf ' p Cafe. , To be elegible for the Exhausted Roosters, one must have been at one time a member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and have reached his 36th birthday. All eligible are invited to join. Invitations will be mailed to all known to be eligible. Roy Rodgers is chairman of the committee with Gean Worthington and Max Warner as members. y, At Utah State For Rex Tom Provstgaard, who was injured while serving with the army in Korea, has been awarded the Purple Heart and the Hunt bronze medal, according to word A Jaycee rabbit hunt will be received here by his parents, Mr. ahd Mrs. Willis Provstgaard. sponsored and conducted by the In a letter to his parents, Tom Payson Junior Chamber of Commerce next Sunday, February stated that his injuries were not 10, The group will leave the of a serious nature and that he to be back in service library comer at 10 a.m. and expected six after weeks of hospitalizafor Jerico a near will go to place the hunt. The hunt Sunday is tion. He was injured while serving being held to make up for the hunt that had been planned dur- as an advance scout In Korea. ing the recent Polio drive by the Saved by his helmet, according club but had to be changed to a to his statement, Tom was struck a machine gun trap shoot instead because of by shrapnel from abrasions of the also and received is No being snow, charge deep made for the hunt and everyone face when knocked to the frozis invited to Join the Jaycees in en ground by the blast of the gun. He states that the radio he a day of fun hunting the was carrying was broken to bits. Rabbit club, dime barrel project, aiding theatre ushering and serving at Pay-soVera Francom, Navy dance; Mothers club, pastery sale at Rita Daniels, dance; Taylor school PTA, school envelopes; total of $3263.33. Ellen Davis, American Legion Those who headed committees Auxiliary, card party. and helped make' the drive sucThird row; Leo "Tiny Smith, cessful are front row left to High School PTA, drive envelright: Howard Willis, Utah Coun- opes and passing blanket at ty drive chairman; Roy Broad-ben- t, basketball game; Lee" Rindlis-bache- r, Cream-O-Dairfurngeneral chairman of Pay-sodrive; Nettie Burdick, tre- ished punch sold at dance; Sam asurer; Leland Montague, treas- McClellan, advertising signs; urer; Ralph Daniels, publicity Don J. McCoy, Community churand gave 10 of 10 ch contribution; Nathan Anddays prescription sales; Ogden ress, American Legion, assisted DeWitt, publicity porch light parade and Edith Stanton, Peteetneet school dance; Hyrum McClellan, drive envelopes. & fire chief, porch light parade Second row: Ella Anderson, and Polio dance advertising; D. U. P., pastry sold at Polio Waldo "Bud Wilson, Cocklebur dance, Elda Throckmorton, Jun- Riding club president, aiding ior enSchool drive High porch light parade and velopes; Carol Harding, Junior dance; Keith Jolley, cafe Cultus club president, dime bar- owner, free coffee for Polio; rel drive, aiding theatre usher- Sherman orchestra Loveless, ing, serving at dance and club leader, contributed services at contribution; Hazil "Gasser, Pe- dance,' free; Roy Rodgers, grocteetneet DUP, pastery sale at ery store owner, contributed to dance; Ida Reece, Beta Cultus Polio on purchases of customers; Meetings, Feb. 18 An election meeting of the Payson Republican Precinct committee is scheduled in the Wilson Little Theatre in the Junior High school on Monday, February 18 beginning at 7:30 p.m. Officers to be elected are a chairman, a vice chairman (of the opposite sex), a secretary, and a treasurer. Immediately following the precinct meeting and beginning at 8 p.m., mass meetings of the four districts in Payson will be held in different class .rooms in the Junior High school. In each of the district mass meetings, elections will be held to elect a chairman, vice chairman (of the opposite sex), a secretary and a treasurer and delegates to the Utah County convention to be held 4n Provo March 8. Jack Loveless, precinct chairman, invites all voters who are interested to attend the meetings. f Precinct officers besides Mr. Loveless are: Mrs. Ed. Vance, vice chairman; Mrs. Almon Har-me- r, secretary; and Edward H. Bates, treasurer. District chairmen are: Frank Thomas, first district; Don J. McCoy, second district; Almon Harmer, third district; and Leon D. Wride, fourth district. Santaquin Completes Polio Drive J. R. Vasey, chairman of the polio drive in Santaquin reports that $215.00 was contributed to the polio foundation, The drive consisted of a porch light drive in which 25 boys of the town assisted, donations by merchants and the iron lung coin collectors, the schools, and a donation by Kiegley Quarry made up this amount. After the drive was completed, all of the boys that helped were invited to Mr. and Mrs, Vaseys for refreshments and to watch j television. $151.75; Cream-O-Neb- o punch sale at dance $14.05; Usher collection at theater $79.18; Polio Victory cake by Roe Wilde and sold by piece at dance $25.10; Daniels Drug on prescription -- hare $63.70. Central profit Market $78.20; -- for share Cafe owners cof- for polio contribution $12.09; Keigley Quarry contribution $19; fee Junior Cultus Club $25; Beta Cultus Club $5; American Legion Auxiliary party $112J1; Navy Mothers apron sale $29 JO; Daughters of Utah Pioneers, pastries for polio sale $32.95; Peteet-neSchool $100; Taylor School $121.83; Payson Junior High School $64.90; Payson High School $147.70; Dime barrels colet lection $227.57 Community church $10; Mothers porch light parade in which Relief Society, Cultus Club, American Legion Auxiliary, Jaycee Auxiliary and Saddlettes did the collecting $1148.26. Ralph G:d Preyed cf State RidiChlb- Vice ' Ralph Cloud of Goshen , was named a vice president of the state Riding Clubs association, which held its annual convention at a Salt Lake hotel Saturday evening. Those attending the meet from Payson were Mr. and Aba. Brig Crane, Rulon Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Smethurst. Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Wilson were guests at the annual dinner of the Central Utah County Engineers Association held Monday evening in Provo at Keeleys cafe. Miss Thelma Vest, Payson, who is Utah County Recorder, was a .special guest All ladies were presented with a lovely gardenia corsage. Entertainment the through evening was provided by students from Brigham Young university and scenic and industrial points of Utah were shown by movie projector. , Navy Metbrs Elect New Officers New officers of the Navy Mothers club were sworn into . office by Commander Vera Francom Friday night when the group met at the home of Hazel Gasser. A number of new members were also voted into the . , organization. Taking oath of office were Mrs. Gasser, first vice command- - . er; Laura Cloward, second vice commander; chaplain, Emily Gledhill; judge advocate, Rieka f Wyler; color bearers, Alba Sear-l-e and Ada Schwartz. New members accepted by the club are Alice Spencer, Mary M. Wyler, Ella Money and Jennie , ' Barnett During the evening Mrs. Vhra Allen and Mrs. Ruth Miller played piano duets. The club voted to donate e cash amount to the Rheumatic Fever fund. |